Here Are The First Wolf Pups in the Cascade Mountains Since The 1940s

Remember the “ wandering skirt chaser , ” OR-7 , whotraveled from Oregon to California and backwhile wear a GPS collar ? The US Fish and Wildlife Service discover that he ’s now a proud dad to at least three pups , thanks to some tv camera gob photos .

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/03/lone-gray-wolf-returns-to-oregon-after-two-months-in-california.html

Above : One of OR-7 ’s cubs .

The puppy are also historic ; OR-7 and his mate are the first wolves recognize to have bred and produced offspring in Oregon ’s Cascade Mountains ( which adulterate from British Columbia to Northern California ) since the forties ! They ’re a minuscule , endearing conservation succeeder story .

Here ’s papa , OR-7 , in a picture captured in May 2014 :

And here ’s mom , a black skirt chaser ( who has not been given a formal naming ):

Two of the pups :

One of the pups , who appear to now have a GPS collar of its own :

[ USFWS / Flickr ]

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